NKC group sends help to Moore, Okla.

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NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Efforts to help Moore, Okla., continue to grow. One North Kansas City organization is collecting donations for Oklahoma -- and that's even though it normally helps the poor overseas.

When trucks back in to Planet Aid's warehouse, help for Moore, Okla., rides with them.

Bryan Thompson is accustomed to assisting those in need. Each year, his staff at Planet Aid in North Kansas City sends donated items to people overseas, in places like South America and Southeast Asia.

He's talking about large cardboard boxes, which have been placed at half-a-dozen businesses in the Northland. Planet Aid is known for their big yellow collection bins. Items placed in the supplimental cardboard boxes will be earmarked for people affected by this week's tornado in Oklahoma.

"When something like this arises -- like the hurricane that struck the east coast in November -- Planet Aid had an office in Massachusetts that sprung into action," Thompson said.

Bryan says Planet Aid will fill the boxes until there's enough clothing and non-perishable food to fill a truck, and all of it will go to Moore.